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of useless military pageantry. An elementary 

 knowledge of a few simple movements is all that 

 is required for actual warfare, but the ability to 

 shoot steadily and accurately is of paramount 

 importance, supplemented as it ought to be with 

 practice in taking every advantage of cover and 

 acquiring a good rough idea of unmeasured 

 distances. Artillery is hardly worth the cost and 

 trouble of transport in African warfare, but 

 machine-guns are very valuable weapons, with 

 which all fighting bodies of men, whether troops 

 or civilians, ought to be adequately supplied. 

 Natal is now enjoying responsible government 

 and its cost. However, as the country is not very 

 extensive, and the natives pay a very appreciable 

 amount of taxes, administrative expenses ought 

 to be, relatively to those of the other extensive 

 and thinly populated Colonies, much less burden-- 

 some, and let us hope the spouting community 

 in the House will be able to enjoy its pastime 

 economically. 



